Convoy HX 307 - Warsailors.com (original) (raw)

Convoy HX 307 Cruising Order
Departed New York on Sept. 6-1944 and arrived Liverpool on the 20th (Arnold Hague gives 73 ships).

This information is from Arthur Moore's book "A Careless Word - A Needless Sinking" - added here with Captain Moore's written permission. (Ordering information can be found on this page on the U.S. Merchant Marine website).

Captain Moore says the convoy had 55 ships on departure New York, 17 others joined from Halifax on Sept. 9. Note, however, that there are only 15 ships included for the Halifax section in the Advance Sailing Telegram below + the Rescue Vessel _Bury_=16.
3 more joined from Sydney, N. S. on the 10th.

The 3 ships joining from Sydney are not included on this A 1 form. They are named at the end of the Advance Sailing Telegram.

Br=British, Am=American, Du=Dutch, Norw=Norwegian, Pa=Panamanian, Ice=Icelandic.

H = Halifax portion.

11 H
Idefjord
lumber
Loch Ewe
(Norw)

21 H
Harry Lane
general -explosives
Oban
(Am)

31
Bertram G. Goodhue
general - vehicles
Oban
(Am)

41
Robert Toombs
general - vehicles - food
Oban
(Am)

51
James L. Ackerson
eng'r equipm- trucks
Oban
(Am)

61
John Bakke
general - trucks
Mersey
(Norw)

71
Buenos Aires
general - 17 Alligators
Mersey
(Norw)

81
Thomas J. Lyons
vehicles
Oban
(Am)

91
R. C. Brennan
general - cases alcohol
Oban
(Am)

101
Manchester Trader
general - 14 Allig.
Barry
Roads
(Br)

111
William W. Mayo
general - vehicles
Mersey
(Am)

121
West End Park
timber - lead - zinc
Mersey
(Br)

12 H
Hadley F. Brown
general
Oban
(Am)

22 H
Cavina
general - meats - pass.
Mersey
(Br)

32
Charles Sumner
general - vehicles
Oban
(Am)

42
Carlos J. Finlay
expl. - trucks
Oban
(Am)

52
Lafcadio Hearn
Navy spec.
Clyde
(Am)

62
Frontenac
Navy spec.
Clyde
(Norw)

82
James H. Couper
general - expl. - vehicles
Oban
(Am)

92
George A. Marr
general - vehicles
Mersey
(Am)

102
City of Lille
wool - general - grenades
Mersey
(Br)

112
Lone Star
general -expl.- trucks
Mersey
(Am)

122
Robert L. Hague
vehicles
Mersey
(Am)

13 H
Carrillo
general
Mersey
(Am)

23 H
Susan Colby
expl.
Mersey
(Am)

33
Jesse Applegate
general - vehicles
Oban
(Am)

43
John T. Holt?*
general - machinery
Oban
(Am)

53
Frederic Remington
expl. - trucks
Oban
(Am)

63
Kaia Knudsen, Navy spec. - 60 DC's
Clyde
(Norw)

73 H
Empire MacKendrick *
grain
Mersey
(Br)

83
Empire Reynolds
mixed petrol cargo
Mersey
(Br)

93
Luxor
fuel oil
Mersey
(Br)

103
Arthur M. Huddell
general - cable - tanks
Mersey, (Am)

113

123
Pedro Menendez
general
Mersey
(Am)

14 H
Edmund Fanning
general
Mersey
(Am)

24
Fort Townshend*
general - 100 pass.
St. Johns
(Br)

34
George G. Crawford
general - trucks
Oban
(Am)

44
Empire Flag
frozen general
Mersey
(Br

54
Murena
octane gas
Loch Ewe
(Du)

64
Fagerfjell
fuel - navy spec. - 70 DC's
Clyde
(Norw)

84
Drupa
spec. gas & oil
Belfast
(Br)

94
Stiklestad
Pool 21
Clyde
(Norw)

104
Scottish Heather
molasses - 65 DC's
Mersey
(Br)

114
City of Glasgow
refrig. general
Mersey
(Br)

124
Jacob Sloat Fassett
general - vehicles
Mersey
(Am)

15 H
Louis Joliet
grain - vehicles
Barry Rds
(Am)

25 H
Francis N. Blanchet
general - expl.
Oban
(Am)

35
Augustus S. Merrimon
general - vehicles
Oban
(Am)

45
Benjamin Hawkins
rails - general - vehicles
Oban
(Am)

55
Reginald A. Fessenden
Navy spec.
Clyde
(Am)

65
Thorsholm
60 DC's - tanks - diesel
Barry Rds
(Norw)

85
Mijdrecht
diesel
Milford Haven
(Du)

95
Jesse H. Metcalf
general - expl.
Mersey
(Am)

105
Robert Eden
expl.
Mersey
(Am)

115
Alexander R. Shephard
general - trucks
Mersey
(Am)

125
Lawrence D. Tyson
cases mail - general - vehicles
Barry Rds
Am)

16 H
Eugene E. O'Donnell
general
Mersey
(Am)

26 H
Florence Crittenton
general
Mersey
(Am)

36
Yemassee
general - lumber - tel. poles
Loch Ewe
Iceland
(Pa)

46
Dettifoss
general - lumber
Loch Ewe
Iceland
(Ice)

56
Empire Viscount
molasses
Loch Ewe
(Br)

66 H
Rapana
sp. navy fuel
Clyde
(Br)

86 H
Bury
Rescue Ship
Greenock
(Br)

96
William Windom
general - expl.
Mersey
(Am)

106
Filipp Mazzei
general - expl. - tanks
Mersey
(Am)

116
Harvey C. Miller
vehicles - expl.
Mersey
(Am)

126
John A. Campbell
general - vehicles
Mersey
(Am)

17 H
Washington Allston
general
Mersey
(Am)

27 H
John C. Fremont
expl.
Mersey
(Am)

97
Cyrus H. McCormick
general - vehicles
Oban
(Am)

107
Jedediah S. Smith
general - trucks ordnance
Oban
(Am)

117
Ephraim W. Baughman
general - vehicles
Oban
(Am)

127

* Roy Martin, England has told me:
"Empire MacKendrik, Merchant Aircraft Carrier with four Swordfish in addition to grain cargo – the blanks astern of this vessel allowed her to drop back to fly off aircraft".

* Fort Townshend is not listed in the Advance Sailing Telegram.
Also, John T. Holt does not appear in the AST, instead Joseph Holt is listed (both were Liberty Ships).